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Spyware Floods in Through BitTorrent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

solareagle writes "Public peer-to-peer networks have always been associated with adware program distributions, but BitTorrent, the program created by Bram Cohen to offer a new approach to sharing digital files, has managed to avoid the stigma. Not any more, anti-spyware advocates warn. According to Chris Boyd, a renowned security researcher who runs the VitalSecurity.org nonprofit resource center, the warm and fuzzy world of BitTorrent has been invaded by a massive software distribution campaign linked to New York-based adware purveyor Direct Revenue LLC."

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  1. It never ceases to amaze me... by Karellen+!-P · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    how much crap people will put up to keep using those oh so cool Windoze machines.

  2. Re:Oh, the Irony! by kallisti · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    You actually want the government to intervene? Haven't you been paying any attention? It would probably go something like this:


    We've been attacked by EvilHackerGroup, we must defend ourselves! EvilHackerGroup has ties to, say, the FSF which is an organization with Un-American goals. The government then takes down the FSF, once they learn of SourceForge and how anyone can get a hold of the software equivilent of WMDs, they'll take that down too. They'll then say there only trying to clean out the bad elements and order will be restored any day now. In the meantime, the assets taken will be sold to companies that supported the attack and coincidentally have major financial ties to the current administration.


    If you think this is far-fetched Google for Steve Jackson Games Cyperpunk.